Fence-wire fastener.



No. 800,462. PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905 I H. MBINBUKE.

FENCE WIRE FASTENBR.

APPLICATION nuns. 23. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFIGE.

FENCE-WIRE FASTENER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed January 23, 1905. Serial No. 242,317.

Q mil 111710712, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY MnINEoKE, a citizen ottheUnlted States, residing at Tomah,

in the county of Monroe and State of Wiscon scribed and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and eflicient fastening device of this character by means of which fence-wires of any description may be readily secured to and removed from fenceposts or other supports without the use of special tools and by unskilled workmen.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature of my invention is better understood, are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a fence-post with a fence-wire secured thereto in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. at is a front elevation of a portion of the fence-post, showing the seat therein for the fencewire-clamping wedge; and Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of a portion of the post, showing how a brace-rod may be secured in the wedge-seat in said post.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 denotes a fence-post, 2 denotes a wire fence, and 3 denotes a wedge for securing said wire to said post. The post may be of any desired form and construction, the one illustrated in the drawings being substantially square in crosssection. At suitable intervals in one or more of the faces of this post are formed transversely-extending seats for the reception of the clamping-wedges 3. These seats are tapered from one end to the other and are undercut, as shown at 5. so as to receive the beveled side edges 6 of said wedge 3. In the base-wall of said seat is formed a centrallydisposed and longitudinally-extending groove 8, which is adapted to receive the fence-wire 3. The latter may be of any form and construction; but it is preferably of slightlygreater diameter or thickness than the depth of the groove 8, so that when the wedge 3 is driven into the seat the wire will be held firmly in engagement with transversely-extending ribs or corrugations 9, which are formed in said groove 8, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. The wedge 3, in addition to its use for securing the fencewire 2 in the groove 8, may also be used for securing one end of the brace-rod 10 in said seat, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

The construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings. It Will be seen that by providing the transversely-corrugated groove 8 in the post 1 and driving the wedge into its seat the fence-wire 3 will be securely fastened to the post.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a post having a tapered undercut seat provided in its base-walls with a longitudinal groove, in combination with a wire in said groove, a brace having one end engaging one undercut wall of the seat, and a wedge in the seat engaging and locking both the brace and the Wire.

2. A post having a transverse tapered undercut seat for a fence-wire-clamping wedge, and provided in the base-wall of said seat with a longitudinal fence-wir'ereceiving transversely-corrugated groove.

3. A fence-post having a transverse tapered undercut seat and provided in the base-wall of said seat with a groove presenting a frio- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set tion-faee, in combination with a fence-wire my hand in presence of two subscribing witin said groove and a wedge in the seat, bearnesses. ing against the wire, to lock the latter in the HENRY METNECKE. groove, and presenting a smooth surface to Witnesses:

the wire to permit longitudinal movement of H. B. VAUDELL,

the wedge independently of the wire. H ENRY KUPPER. 

